Movies like Dead Sushi (2012)
The best movies like Dead Sushi (2012) are Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017), RoboGeisha (2009) and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009). If Dead Sushi hooked you with its comedy and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHigh School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (2011)7.4/10 from 478 votes
- NewestIck (2025)Released 2025
- In JapaneseMeatball Machine Kodoku (2017)Also in Japanese
Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017)
Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom both have dark secrets within themselves, get caught up in the horrific battles of Necro-borg. What will their fate be?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
RoboGeisha (2009)
Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisVampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)
A reconstructed girl is created from the pieces of a vampire girl's mini-butchery. Slaughter abounds as both of them pursue the same boy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTokyo Gore Police (2008)
In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose goal is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as 'engineers', that possess the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWild Zero (1999)
Only legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying Earth with an army of zombies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisHelldriver (2010)
Still reeling from the events of a zombie apocalypse, a young woman, along with a group of allies, makes her way across a dystopian Japan in search of her mother, the Zombie Queen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Machine Girl (2008)
The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTokyo Zombie (2005)
Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNuigulumar Z (2014)
A gothic lolita merges with a teddy bear to fight zombies and save the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Zombie Hunter Rika (2008)
When typical Japanese high school student Rika skips school to visit her grandfather, she fails to take into account the fact that his remote village is infested with the living dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Battlefield Baseball (2003)
Battlefield Baseball is a tough game — it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their opponents on the Seido High team know they don't have a chance at beating them unless they can bring back a star pitcher who has a lethal pitch called the Super Tornado, but who has hung up his cleats and has no desire to return to the game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBloody Chainsaw Girl (2016)
Giko Nokomura is a delinquent girl and a senior in middle school. She struggles to kill zombies who were her classmates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & horror
Deadman Inferno (2015)
Hiroya Munakata is the leader of the yakuza group Munakata-gumi. After 10 years since the big fight, Hiroya Munakata's non blood-related younger brother Takashi is released from prison, but Takashi’s daughter, Hyuga says she does not want to meet her father and runs away from home. Hiroya, Takashi and Hiroya’s subordinate Shinya go to Zeni Island where Hyuga is headed to. Something they never expected is waiting for them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay (1991)
A meteor lands in Japan and the fallout creates a “shield” around Tokyo, encasing the city in a foggy darkness. A state of martial law is declared. People are in a panic as violent crime and corruption spreads throughout the region and punk gangs are ruling the streets. As if things weren’t bad enough, a chemical reaction from the meteor unleashes a deadly virus and now the dead are coming back to life as flesh-eating zombies!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Rise of the Machine Girls (2019)
Living in the lawless Ishinari District in a future Japan, sisters Ami (Hina Nagimiya) and Yoshie (Hanakage Kanon) who sold their bodies to help their parents, try to earn a living performing as an idol group in the area. When their performance causes stranger Matsukata (Tak Sakaguchi) a notorious hitman, to notice their condition, the three realize their worth to each other in the fight against Aoyama Dharma (Kimono Negishi), the female boss of a notorious organ harvesting ring in the area. Realizing that even their skills are no match for her army of goons and henchmen, the two are outfitted with special homemade weaponry to their bodies and become the ultimate killers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & horror
Death Kappa (2010)
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa." The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Bite Me If You Love Me (2011)
A girl obsessed with zombies kills her boyfriend and turns him into a... you guessed it! Then a fat Japanese Jason Vorhees shows up and a love triangle ensues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Alien vs. Ninja (2010)
A comet crashes into a Japanese forest and a group of mighty ninjas must fight a group of killer Aliens before they reach their village and kill everyone.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisMeatball Machine (2006)
Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisMutant Girls Squad (2010)
Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisStacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)
Girls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a strange and momentary happiness until they become zombies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisJunk (2000)
Four crooks rob a jewelery shop, then head for an abandoned factory where they plan to fence the goods to the Yakuza. Unfortunately, their chosen location happens to be the same place where American scientists had previously experimented on resurrecting the dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo (1987)
A teenager discovers an electric pylon growing out of his back and is soon forced to battle cyborg vampires over the future of humanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMutant Blast (2019)
Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength, are being pursued by a military cell responsible for scientific experiments that have resulted in a zombie apocalypse. On the way, they will meet Pedro, a man with few ambitions and a great hangover. Together, they will try to escape to a safe place, but complications will cross their paths in the form of a nuclear bomb.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (2011)
In their efforts to find a safe haven from the zombie apocalypse, the gang find themselves on a deserted island. Now, they take advantage of the momentary respite to enjoy some surf, sand and bathing suits!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInfestation (2009)
After being stung by a giant insect, Cooper learns that these bugs are attacking the whole city. He joins forces with the survivors, in order to find a way to counter-attack.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBad Taste (1987)
A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation. After they wipe out the New Zealand town Kaihoro, the country’s Astro-Investigation and Defense Service (AIaDS) is called in to deal with the problem. Things are complicated due to Giles, an aid worker who comes to Kaihoro the same day to collect change from the residents. He is captured by the aliens, and AIaDS stages a rescue mission that quickly becomes an all-out assault on the aliens’ headquarters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCitizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001)
A horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIck (2025)
Science teacher Hank’s life changes when he reconnects with his first love and suspects that a new student may be his daughter—all while facing an alien threat in their town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Dead Sushi?
The closest matches to Dead Sushi are Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017), RoboGeisha (2009) and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Dead Sushi?
People who watched Dead Sushi most often go on to Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017), RoboGeisha (2009) and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like Dead Sushi?
High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (2011), rated 7.4/10 by 478 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Dead Sushi?
Ick (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Dead Sushi?
Yes: Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017), RoboGeisha (2009) and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009).
How are movies similar to Dead Sushi chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Dead Sushi, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.